Comment on Alternatives to Roku/AppleTV for Jellyfin Client
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 days agoI’ve taken this approach, sometimes these boxes will act up when they can’t phone home. Definitely worth trying though.
Have you tried it with a Roku? My pi.hole blocks most things, but I haven’t yet tried to completely block it from the Internet. In the past, I’ve had to allow some domains through my pi.hole or things would be completely broken, but that hasn’t happened in a while…
I suppose I’d have to occasionally unblock it to get updates to the jellyfin app, which is doable.
i have a roku express 4k and pihole shuts it down completely. it has the jellyfin app, nothing else. works great. I only open up internet to update the app from time to time.
TrippyHippyDan@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Worth that at least before you start looking at different hardware.
Otherwise, it’s the same thing if you have a smart TV, download the Jellyfin app, and then just completely stop it from being able to connect anywhere else.